If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou